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From: "Elizabeth Whitaker" <>
Subject: Re: [MELUNGEON] SISCO/CISCO/FRANCISCO w MILLER, PHILLIPS, ALFORD,COLLIER/COLLINS possible NA
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 09:45:36 -0400
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I have a HALFORD (a variant of ALFORD) line from eastern South Carolina,
possibly originally
from somewhere in North Carolina. (There are HALFORDs on 19th century North
Carolina censuses,
primarily in Rutherford County, apparently.) I haven't been able to trace my
HALFORDs back out
of South Carolina. There are two HALFORD households on the 1790 South
Carolina census and
mine connect to one of those. There are many many variants of these two
names on 1800s
censuses, with and without H's and with either As or Os. There is an ALFORD
AMERICAN
FAMILY ASSOCIATION, which possibly holds annual meetings. (I have spent
several
years with tight finances so have never been able to afford to join this or
some other organizations
I would dearly love to join.) The AAFA has been on the Web: if they still
are, you can find
them with Google.

It's very possible there is some Native American/American Indian/Melungeon
in my Halfords,
especially in a maternal line from eastern South Carolina (HEAPE/JAUDON)
with Huguenot
ancestry.

I don't have any SISCOs that I'm aware of, but I attended a high school
summer program in
Louisiana with a SISCO from somewhere in Texas (maybe Lake Charles, LA,
which is on
the border). Many of the kids in the program had one or both parents
involved in the
oil industry, working in refineries, back when that was a booming industry
in Louisiana
and Texas, so her family might possibly have come from the area you
mentioned. (I
lost my list of addresses from this program years ago and we've never had a
newsletter
or anything like that.)

Elizabeth Whitaker
Alexandria, VA



On 5/18/07, <> wrote:
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> Does anyone have any information about SISCO/CISCO/FRANCISCO?
>
> I am interested in tracing the purported Cherokee ancestry claimed by at
> least one branch of the family in the SISCO line possibly through the
> MILLERs
> and or their other associated families' ancestry .
>
> Their associated families include: MILLER, WILSON, COLLINS/COLLIER, and
> others. The branch I am most interested in was in or near Oveton County,
> Tennessee and moved on to the Osage, Carroll County, Arkansas are. John
> SROKA has
> written a book about the PHILLIPS family that includes them: A WORKBOOK
> ON
> THE PHILLIPS FAMILY OF OVERTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
>
> It traces Thomas SISCO?CISCO (1800) back to the 18300 Oveton County,
> Tennessee Census and find him in Uppser Osage, Conway, Arkansas and in
> Osage,
> Carroll, Arkansas for 1840, 18 50, 1 960, and 1870 census reports .
> He died in
> 1872. He married Nancy MILLER whose MILLER family was alleged to have
> strong
> Cherokee ties.
>
> Other SISCO males include:
> >>Sam CISCO/SISCO who appears in Osage, Carroll C., Ark. census reprots
> form 1850-1880;
>
> >>Houston SISCO who appears in various Carroll C., Ark. locations in all
> of
> the census years from 18160-1910. He died in 1910;
>
> >>Emberson SISCO who also appears in Osage, Carroll C, Ark. 1850, 1870,
> 1880
> with death year 1910;
>
> >>Marshall and/or Manual CISCO/SISCON/SISCO who appears in various
> counties
> of Carroll County, Ark. from 1850 to 1870 in census reports and then
> moves to
> Kings River, Madison, Ark. for 1880 and 1900. He died in 1902. Middle
> initial possibly "A."
>
> >>Granville CISCO/SISCO appears in Osage, Carroll C., Ark from 1850 t o
> 1880
> and died in 1893.
>
> >>Franklin CISCO appears in Osage,, Carroll C., Ark. in 1850 and 1860
> reports and died in 1863.
>
> >>Thomas CISCO/SISCO shows up in Osage, Carroll C., Ark. from 1850 to
> 1880.
> He died in 1913.
>
>
> Female SISCO/CISCO members by birth or marriage include:
>
> Nancy (MILLER) CISCO/SISCO from 18150 to 1870. DIed 1875. Allged to be
> part
> Cherokee. Picture appears on Paul Ridenour's site (url below). Nancy's
> father was Hugh MILLER. In some histories, SROKA notes, Hugh MILLER was
> known as a
> medicine man and family legend suggest he may have been "full-blooded"
> Cherokee.
>
> Amanda (SISCO)WILSON in 1850 and 1860 in Overton, Tennessee.
> Married Anderson "Andrew" WILSON.
>
> Manerva WILSON died at eight. She in in the 1850 Osage, Carroll C., Ark.
> census.
>
> Jane CISCO shows up in thee 1860, 1860 and 1880 census reports. No census
> for 1870 found yet.
> She is in Osage, Carroll C. and Crockeed Creek, Carroll C, Ark. census
> reports.
>
> Tennessee SISCO shows up first in 1860 in Osage, Carroll C, Ark. and in
> 1870
> as Tennessee COLLINS. Then in 1880 she is in Carrollton, Carroll,
> Ark. as
> Tennessee COLLIER.
> She moves to Hickory, Carroll C, Ark. and is found in 1900, 1910 as
> Tennessee COLLIER and stays with that name and spelling in the 1920 and
> 1930 census
> reports in Green Forest, Carroll, Ark. She died in 1936.
>
> The above is from pages 147-148 of the SROKA book. I tried to trace Hugh
> MILLER to Native American ancestry and didn't get too far. I did find
> that
> there was a POSSIBLE BOLLING link that led to a Hugh MILLER but much much
> earlier. I could not find children or nephews that would carry on the
> name Hugh
> MILLER. There may be a link and it does seem likemore than a coincidence,
> especially given that these BOLLINGS lead to the
> ROLFE/POWHATAN connection -
> purportedly; we all know what hazards there are in Pocahontas
> research. I already
> had a Jean/Jane BOLLING married to a Hugh MILLER in my trees who was
> supposed to go back to John ROLFE and Matoaka Pocahontas POWHATAN. There
> was a
> BOLING in SROKA's book and I researched her to see if she would lead to a
> John
> BOLLING; she did but only if I made huge assumptions and guesses; the
> ground was
> shaky.
>
> I have seen Paul Rideneour's site, which has pictures of Martha Jane
> PHILLIPS, Nancy MILLER and SISCO males. It also has more information
> about other
> relatives and includes this preface.
>
>
> _Click here: The Sisco Family (Cisco Family)_
> (http://www.paulridenour.com/sisco.htm)
> _http://www.paulridenour.com/sisco.htm_
> (http://www.paulridenour.com/sisco.htm)
>
> "Here are the three main branches that I encountered during my research.
> There is Old Henry Francisco. He lived to be very old and has a lot of
> information on the internet. His descendants stayed pretty much in the
> NJ/NY area.
> The second group are those descended from Peter Francisco. They stayed
> pretty much VA. Then there are the descendants of Christophel Franciscus
> (an
> alternate spelling is Frantziscus [might be German]). Those who stayed
> in PA
> and MD kept the spelling, but those who moved south into VA became
> Francisco.
> In general, this branch is found in VA, WV, KY, TN, MO, and a few moved
> into
> AR. I am leaning in this direction. The first Sisco in our line was
> Sanders C. Sisco, Sr. I think that his father was John Francisco, but I
> have no
> proof" - Glen Sisco
>
>
> Does this sound like a possible Sephardic name? The German cognate Glen
> SISCO mentions might bring up other possibilities. Any documented
> evidence would
> be welcome.
>
> I have both ALFORD and PHILLIPS (and possibly BOLLING) ancestors who
> appear
> to connect to these families.
>
> Victoria B
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